- Date
- 1983-07-15
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathfamilyreligionmilitarycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1983 Beaver Beacon published an obituary for Myrtle E. Douglas Ditlefsen, aged 90, who had been raised on Beaver Island and died July 15 at Grandvue Medical Care Facility.
Evidence limits
This preserves the newspaper obituary and its family and Coast Guard context; it does not replace civil, military, medical, or cemetery records.
Sources
- Reports that Myrtle Ditlefsen, formerly Myrtle E. Douglas, died July 15, 1983, aged 90, at Grandvue Medical Care Facility; it records her Beaver Island upbringing, marriage to Lawrence “Buck” Ditlefsen in 1932, his Coast Guard service and prior death, her St. Mary's Church membership, burial, survivors, and a memorial suggestion. It is a published obituary, not a civil death certificate, military file, or cemetery register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes an obituary for Myrtle Ditlefsen, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-myrtle-ditlefsen-obituary-1983/, accessed [date], citing Myrtle Ditlefsen obituary, Beaver Beacon, August 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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